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APPLICATION FILED APR. 2B, 1915.

Patented Feb. 22, 1916.

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/An/E/Vo/f Saunders E. Salomo?? A from/Ens (C3/YAM S. B. SOLOMON.

COAT.

APPLICATION FILED APII. 28. I9I5.

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To all whom/tm y concern." l

sAUNDERs rs. soton/ron, or ROCHESTER, NEW Yoan.

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Be it known t at I, SAUNDERS B. Sono- MON, of Rochester, in the county .of Monroe Y coats and has for its object to provide a and State of New York, have invented cer.

tain new and useful Improvements in Coats;

and I do hereby declare the following to bev a. full, clear, and exact description of the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this speciiication,

My invention relates-toim rovementsin throat protector in conjunction with the lapel of a coat or cloak.

' Another object of the invention isto provide a protector which may be used as such when desired and which when not 1n use may readily be` concealed under the lapel or body of the coat adjacent tothe lapel.

A further object of the invention 1s to provide a throat 'protector 1n conjunctmn withthe lapel of a coat and as a continua- To theseY and .other ends the invention consists 1n certain improvements andcom'- tion'of thelatterI and` adapted to be folded thereunder withmeans for holding the protector in` a concealed position.

binations of parts all as will be hereinafter more fully described, the novel features -being pointed out in the cla-im at the end of the specification.

In the drawings: Figure 1 is a front view .of a coat in anv opeuposition with the lapels and collar thereof unfolded to expose the throat protecting members and showing the i view takenon line b-b of Fig. 3 showing v manner of securing the same tothe lining of the coat; Fig. 2 is a front view of a coat as the same would appear with my improved throat protector in concealed position; Fig. 3 is a front view ofthe coat shown 1n F1g.

2 when the protector has been unfolded and placed in an upstanding and protecting position;r` Fig. 4 is asectional view taken on line a-a of Fig. l, and Fig. 5 is a lsectional the manner of fastening the throatv protecting flaps when the same are in the position shown in said figure. 4

`Similar reference numerals throughout the several figures indicate corresponding In the present embodiment of the inven v`tion I provide a coat having a collar 1, la-I y pels 2,.body portion 3 and' lining 4. In connection with the lapel 2 and preferably inteand to the reference-numerals` marked thereon.

I .Specification of vLetters Patent. Paggmted Fbo 229 19160 Application led April 2 8, 1915. Serial No. 24,413.- i i l gral therewith I provide throat and chest protecting flaps 5 and 6. The flap 6 is provided with a-ly 7 Fig. 5 having buttonholes 8 adapted to b e concealed under the flap 6 and to receive and engage buttons 9 positioned on the flap 5 when the flaps are in the position shown in Fig. 3. As a means for securing the flaps in'a concealed position when not being used as protectors I employ any suitable means such as hookslO to fasten .the flaps to y.thelining of the coat as shown in Fig. 1. It will be noted from the construction of the flaps as shownl in Fig. 1 thatv the coat to afford protection to that part of the chestbetween the -lapels usually unprotected by an outer garment, the flaps being buttoned around the throatV of the wearer and serving to protect both'throat and chest.

In the constructionofthe protecting flaps I form them integral with thelapels of the coat as shown in Figs. 1, 3 and 5. As shown Vin Fig. 5 the lapel is formed byrfolding back a portion of the cloth of the body of the coat and placing thereon cloth of the same material to form the face of the lapel, as usual, and then extending this latter material back of the lapel under the body of the coat to form first,the coat facings 15 andl and finally, the throat protecting flaps as continuations of the latter. Thus the a'ps and the coat facingsnecessarily liefiat in exactly the same plane, and there is consequently no localized bunching or thickening lof the material along the hinged lines of the Hap, as would be the case were the 4 Hap formed separately and connected to the facing by a seam. This is'very important, in the c'ase of overcoats made of heavy cloth. When there is such a seam it causes a ridge on the exterior of the coat that gets more wear'than adjacent parts and causes the nap to rub ofi' along ,a well deiined line that soon marks the outline of what lies beneath., and is objectionable. For this same reason I prevent the edges 5 and 6a of the flap from protrudingion theV Ifront of the coat and, in time, revealing thepres'enc'e and coat.

In order that no seams may be exposed in fastening the throat protecting'fiaps to the coat, lining members 12 and 13 are positioned on the backs of the flaps as shown inFig. 5 and are sewed to the linin 4 Vof the body'of the coat at 14, the ends o these linings being positioned betweenl the body ofthe coat under the' lapel and the portions 15 and 16 forming the backs of the flaps as shown vat 17 in'Fig. 5. It willbe noted that.

the fiy 7 is formed bythe continuation of the lining 13 and connected with the fly is' a reinforcing member 18. fastening to another reinforcing member 19 vas at 20 on the backof flap 6. The flaps as shown in Fig. 5 are adapted to fold along the line of stitching 1&1 when moved from the lining of the coat to a position shown in Fig. 3. In

Fig. 4 is-shown the positionV of the iap with 'respect to the lining'of the coat`when the lapel and flap are unfolded to a flat position as in the case of Fig. 1.

I claim is my invention:

In a coat, the combination with the body portion. forming the front of the coat and the under parts of the lapels, of a piece of the same cloth secured to each side of the body portion to constitute in one continu- 1 ous piece the outer part of the lapel, the coat facing and, as a continuation of the latter, a free folding Hap adapted to extend rearwardly and inwardly close against the body portion or forwardly and outwardly so that the iiaps may jointly close the space or opening between thelapels, the facing portion of the piece being secured permanently to the body and extending 4inwardly beyond the fold line of the iap to'lie in B. SOLOMON.

g the same plane therewith.

SAUNDERS ,Witnesses:

RUSSELL B. GRIFFITH, HAnRrn'r T. VAY. 

